Zucchini EVERYWHERE!

 We have been bringing pounds and pounds

of zucchini home from the farm every day.

That's not even all of them!

This morning I broke out my food processor

(I forgot I had it...)

and we grated two crates full.

We ended up with 17 gallon ziplock bags

full of grated zucchini to put in the

freeze dryer!

Rod got the upright deep freeze plugged

in the other day so it was nice and cold.

Then he made some cardboard liners for

the shelves, since they are wire and when

you try to put bags of stuff it falls through

the wires and then it freezes all wonky.

Right now I have 2 trays of Honey Crisp apples

and 2 trays of Granny Smith apples and

1 tray of tomatoes in there drying.

All from the farmer's market!

I put them through the french fry cutter

and then tossed them with pumpkin pie spice.

They are a HIT with the folks in town.

The zucchini is getting good and frozen

so when the FD is done, it will be ready 

for its turn.

We also have a full crate of yellow squash.

That needs to get processed next.

But I bought a fancy new food processor

that should arrive tomorrow.

It will DICE stuff!

I'm so excited!!!!

I want to dice the yellow squash and a

bunch more zucchini.

Oh yeah.

We also got a great haul of okra and 

green beans!

So Rod washed zucchini,

Kyle cut it into halves

and I ran it through the grater.

We were all done in about an hour.

Then he cut a bag or so of okra.

I think I still have 2 or 3 more in the fridge.

Maybe I'll try to cut some this evening.

We had to run into Hays to Home Depot

to get some more supplies for the fence

and then WalMart for some lighter fluid

for the BBQ (Kyle used rubbing alcohol the 

other night - not the best idea he ever had...)

and some pickling spice and salt to make

some dill pickles with.

Wish me luck!

I've never made a pickle!

But I have a whole box full of cucumbers.

So I guess it's time I learned.